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|command_structure= |garrison= |garrison_label= |equipment= 1,160 aircraft〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Iraq Military Strength )〕 |equipment_label= |nickname= |motto= |march= |mascot= |battles= Anglo-Iraqi War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Kuwait Gulf War 1991 uprisings in Iraq Iraqi no-fly zones Iraq War Iraqi insurgency (2011—''present'') * Anbar clashes (2013–14) * Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) *Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014) |anniversaries= April 22 (Air Force Day)〔 |decorations= |battle_honours= |current_commander= Staff Lieutenant General Anwar Hamad Amin |current_commander_label= |ceremonial_chief= |ceremonial_chief_label= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |colonel_of_the_regiment_label= |notable_commanders= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= Fin flash |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= |identification_symbol_3= 100px |identification_symbol_3_label= Air Force Ensign |aircraft_attack= Su-25 |aircraft_bomber= |aircraft_electronic= |aircraft_fighter= F-16IQ |aircraft_interceptor= |aircraft_recon= CH 2000, Ce 208 ISR, KA 350 ISR |aircraft_patrol= |aircraft_trainer= Ce172, Ce 208, T-6A, Bell 206B, OH-58C, Utva Lasta 95 |aircraft_transport= C-130E, C-130J, An-32B, KA 350ER, Mi-17, UH-1H }} The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) (Arabic: القوة الجوية العراقية; ''Al Quwwa al Jawwiya al Iraqiya'') is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces, responsible for the policing of international borders and surveillance of national assets. The IQAF also acts as a support force for the Iraqi Navy and the Iraqi Army and it allows Iraq to rapidly deploy its developing Army. The Iraqi Air Force was founded in 1931, during British rule of Iraq, with only a few pilots. Aside from a brief period during the Second World War, the Iraqi Air Force operated mostly British aircraft until the 14 July Revolution in 1958, when the new Iraqi government began increased diplomatic relationships with the Soviet Union. The air force used both Soviet and British aircraft throughout the 1950s and 1960s. When Saddam Hussein came to power in 1979, the air force grew very quickly when Iraq ordered more Soviet and French aircraft. Its peak came after the long and bloody Iran-Iraq War, which ended in 1988, when it consisted of over 950 aircraft, becoming the largest air force in the region. Its downfall came during the Gulf War (1990–91) and continued while coalition forces enforced no-fly zones. The remains of Iraq's air force was destroyed during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Currently, the IQAF is rebuilding and receiving most of its training and aircraft from the United States. ==History== The Royal Iraqi Air Force (RIrAF) considered its founding day as 22 April 1931, when the first pilots flew in from training in the United Kingdom. Before the creation of the new air force, the RAF Iraq Command was in charge of all British Armed Forces elements in Iraq in the 1920s and early 1930s.〔 The RIrAF was based at the airport in the Washash neighborhood of Baghdad, and consisted of five pilots, aeronautics students trained at the RAF College Cranwell, and 32 aircraft mechanics.〔 The original five pilots were Natiq Mohammed Khalil al-Tay, Mohammed Ali Jawad, Hafdhi Aziz, Akrem Talib Mushtaq, and Musa Ali.〔 During the early years of the Royal Iraqi Air Force, it mainly received aircraft from the United Kingdom as well as Breda Ba.65 attack planes and SM-79 bombers from Italy.〔 In the years following Iraqi independence, the Air Force was still dependent on the Royal Air Force. The Iraqi government allocated the majority of its military expenditure to the Iraqi Army and by 1936 the Royal Iraqi Air Force had only 37 pilots and 55 aircraft. The following year, the Air Force showed some growth, increasing its number of pilots to 127. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iraqi Air Force」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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